“While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one p...” — Johann Lamont Quote

“While I'm leader, nothing will be off limits - there will not be one policy, one rule, one way of working which cannot be changed.”

“I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.”

“Maybe I was just born to argue with men.”

“I want to change Scotland, but the only way we can change Scotland is by changing the Scottish Labour Party.”

“I firmly believe that Scotland's place is in the U.K., and I do not believe in powers for power's sake.”

“What I will say will not always please you, but what I say will always be honest and true and how I genuinely see it.”

“We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.”

“Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.”

“He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.”

“Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.”

“You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.”

“There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.”